Question

Janelle subtracts –4 from a number. The result is 2. What is the number?

Answer 1

Answer:

let the number be x

x-(-4)=2

x+4=2

x= 2-4

x= -2 is the answer of this

Answer 2

Answer:

Let the number be x.

Thus,

$x - ( - 4) = 2 \\ x + 4 = 2 \\ x = - 2$

The number is negative 2.